The beans are allowed on the kitchen counters ONLY... Only if they are enroute to, the top if the fridge(Daddy set HIS Princess Mocha Bean up with a placemat and "special" dish there. ) or the top of the cabinets.... They are pretty good about it too. .....most of the time. If they're somewhere they aren't suppose to be well, then we have LOUD Louie "The Informer" As for the other furniture..... Yes, they let US but only if they can sleep or sit on top of us.